HAMPTON, VA. (April 16, 2024) … Hampton got its first taste of national competition on April 11-13 when the team competed in the NCA Nationals in Daytona Beach, Fla. Despite competing in their first-ever national cheer contest, Hampton placed a highly-competitive 15^th-place in the Division I All-Girl Intermediate division. Cheer coach Kelli Marin's squad was in 13^th place after the preliminaries.

The competition attracted the top cheerleading teams in the nation competing for championships with some 20,000 in attendance for the weekend-long competition.

Hampton's cheer team finished ahead of Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) cheer teams from Maine (16^th) and Delaware (21^st). Northeastern was the top CAA school, finishing third of the 23 teams in the intermediate division.

Hampton recorded a raw score of 79.2667 and a total score of 87.4236, finishing just .1458 points behind the 14^th-place finisher, Massachusetts-Lowell.